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Director: | Gregg Araki |
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Writer: | Gregg Araki |
Staring: |
Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree. | |
Release Date: | Aug 14, 1992 |
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Director: | Gregg Araki |
Writer: | Gregg Araki |
Genres: | Drama, Romance, Crime |
Keywords | aids, nihilism, road trip, hiv, crime spree, sex worker, film critic, gay theme, independent film, boys' love (bl) |
Production Companies | Desperate Pictures, Strand Releasing |
Box Office |
Revenue: $692,585
Budget: $20,000 |
Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
Name | Character |
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Mike Dytri | Luke |
Craig Gilmore | Jon |
Mark Finch | Doctor |
Mary Woronov | Daisy |
Johanna Went | Fern |
Darcy Marta | Darcy |
Scott Goetz | Peter |
Brett Vail | Ken |
Nicole Dillenberg | Barbie |
Stephen Holman | 7-11 Couple |
Magie Song | 7-11 Couple |
Peter Lanigan | Three Stooges |
Jon Gerrans | Three Stooges |
Jack Kofman | Three Stooges |
Chris Mabli | Melrose NeoNazi |
Michael Now | Tarzan |
Michael Haynes | Jane |
Peter Gramé | Gus |
Craig Lee | Ralphs Couple |
Torie Chickering | Ralphs Couple |
Jordan Beswick | Buddhist |
Paul Bartel | Twister Master |
Name | Job |
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Gregg Araki | Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography |
George Lockwood | Sound Designer |
Cole Coonce | Original Music Composer |
Jack Kofman | Sound Recordist |
Marianne Dissard | Assistant Sound Editor |
Dave Cash | Sound Recordist |
Joyce Brouwers | Sound Recordist |
Michael Matson | Still Photographer |
Tommy Huie | Assistant Editor |
Karen Kennedy | Negative Cutter |
Johanna Went | Props |
Name | Title |
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Jon Jost | Executive Producer |
Andrea Sperling | Associate Producer |
Jim Stark | Co-Producer |
Jon Gerrans | Producer |
Evelyn Hu | Executive Producer |
Henry S. Rosenthal | Executive Producer |
Mike Thomas | Executive Producer |
Marcus Hu | Producer |
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Anyone else remember those robotic fish that you'd prod and they wagged their tails? We had one that also sang Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife"! Here, one features occasionally, but quite amusingly, in this quite provocative drama that follows a road trip taken by "Luke" (Mike Dytri) and "Jon" (Crag G ... ilmore). The former guy is a gay hooker who's got by on the streets using his looks and his wits whilst contracting HIV along the way. The latter man is a journalist who has managed to arrive at the same fate - though not as a result of the same s(t)eamy existence. With nothing much left to lose, the unlikely pairing embark on a fairly hedonistic journey that pitches their two completely different personalities into a series of scenarios that ultimately, well you can guess what ends up happening. It doesn't pull it's punches this. It is gritty and sleazy and honest and illustrates well just how human beings react when faced with certainty - even if it's timeline isn't so set in stone. It's a love story, an hate story - and juggles loads of attitudinal and judgemental horrors as the two men meet homophobia and violence as they begin to rely more and more on each other (whilst simultaneously winding each other up fairly spectacularly). There's a bit of sex - nothing very graphic, and loads of ripe language - but nothing here appears gratuitous. It's a plausible road trip that Greg Araki has constructed to make us think, squirm, smile and well, endure too. It won't be for everyone, but it does remind us of how, just 20-odd years ago, AIDS was still killing people and there is a definite and engaging chemistry between the two actors charged with delivering this story of a messy and frequently anachronistic existence.